Blue Ringed Octopus

[ryrproductions]

can anyone tell how often do they it ???? today one of mines died because i never see it eat. i gave them fish, hermit crabs and nothing happened

PLEASE HELP ME

[lltysonll]

Eat the babies.

[kikilikipikiwiki]

those lil things are babies!?! i though they were little fish!!!! i better be even more careful when going to the rockpools now.... :S

I went to the exotic pet store lately and they only had reef octopus... :(

[sk8inglegend154]

you know what sucks my friend had a blue ring octupus and it bit him and injected about half a quarter of venom dosent seem that bad but acully i saw him in the hospital and half of his finger is amputatted

[Shyguyx12]

I would never be so brave as to own one, but it is a beautiful animal.

[MamboPython]

i was gonna buy one of those

[slk320k]

I had one.

I thought I was bitten.

Didnt feel anything like a bite, but some symptoms started in just 3 minutes.

So I panicked. I called our emergency services 000, and unlocked the door for them in case I couldnt make it by the time they arrived.

5 minutes later they were here and I was recovering. It had sprayed its venom in the water. It was so diluted that I was not in any serious danger.

From then on I never fed it alone, always had someone else around.

[slk320k]

After that I started to use rubber gloves and ceram wrap to protect myself against another venom spray.

Mine was VERY shy and stayed mostly uner its rock unless feeding.

I would hear it moving around at night and it would freak me out sometimes.

It died after 18 months. They have a short life span, and even shorter in captivity.

Fascinating creatures. I love em.

Recommend you get one if you can.

Just be careful.

They are escape artists, and VERY smart and agile.

[Killzorz37]

first and nice :)